An interventional study of hydrotherapy and on land therapy in Peripheral Neuropathy, sponsored by Ospedale Generale Di Zona Moriggia-Pelascini. Completed at 1 site in Italy. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 80 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2016-09-30.
Sponsored by Ospedale Generale Di Zona Moriggia-Pelascini · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of hydrotherapy on pain and balance in patients affected by neuropathy.
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This study's enrollment of 40 is below the median of 60 across 768 interventional studies indexed under Peripheral Nervous System Diseases.
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Exclusion Criteria:
patients receive daily conventional physiotherapy and three 30- minutes sessions of in- water exercises per week, for four weeks
Other: hydrotherapy
patients receive daily conventional physiotherapy and three 30- minutes sessions of on- land exercises per week, for four weeks
Other: on land therapy
30 minutes sessions of physiotherapy exercises in heated pool (32°C), three times per week for four weeks
30 minutes sessions of physiotherapy exercises on land, three times per week for four weeks
balance change assessed using Berg Balance Scale
Time frame: 0 and 4 weeks
disability change assessed using Functional Independence Measure scale
Time frame: 0 and 4 weeks
gait change assessed using Dynamic Gait Index scale
Time frame: 0 and 4 weeks
gait change assessed using Functional Ambulation Classification scale
Time frame: 0 and 4 weeks
pain change assessed using Overall Neuropathy Limitation Scale
Time frame: 0 and 4 weeks
disability change assessed using Neuropathy Pain Scale
Time frame: 0 and 4 weeks
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